Cranial pachymeningitis: An unusual manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2070-2074

  Fam, Adel G ^a   Lavine, Elana ^b   Lee, Liesly ^b   Perez Ordonez, Bayardo ^b   Goyal, Mayank ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pachymeningitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE MALFORMATION; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL DISORDER; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0041692683     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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